Editing Space Channel 5 (section)

====Music====
The music for ''Space Channel 5'' was composed by Naofumi Hataya and Kenichi Tokoi of Sega's music label WaveMaster. Hataya also acted as sound director.<ref name="SC5composerA"/><ref name="SC5composerB"/> The musical style, inspired by big band jazz of the 1950s and 60s, was one of the earliest elements to be decided upon.<ref name="1UPinterview"/><ref name="Retro"/> Hataya attributed the game's musical direction to Mizuguchi's guidance throughout production.<ref name="RocketHataya"/> The musical style changed with each stage, with later sections incorporating [[Techno Music|techno]] and [[Trance music|trance]].<ref name="IGNinterviewA"/> The in-game soundtrack mixed CD-quality music with midi sound samples.<ref name="DCMag"/> According to Hataya, one of the hardest aspects of music development was the variety of genres and fitting all the score onto the game disc.<ref name="RocketHataya"/> Music production ran simultaneously with the game's production, with the sound team at first using concept art and in-production gameplay. Late in development, the story caused a lot of additional work for the team. The final total of in-game music was estimated at 70 minutes.<ref name="SC5diary"/>

The game's main theme was "Mexican Flyer", composed by [[Ken Woodman]] in 1966.<ref name="1UPinterview"/> Mizuguchi approached Woodman about using the theme. Woodman was surprised that someone wanted to use the theme for a video game.<ref name="IGNinterviewA"/> The use of "Mexican Flyer" in the game's early presentation video informed the direction of the music.<ref name="DengMusic"/> Getting the rights to the track proved difficult, as the track was extremely obscure and had not been used in any media since its release.<ref name="Retro"/> The ending theme "Pala Paya" used vocals performed by WaveMaster staff.<ref name="DengMusic"/> A soundtrack album for the game was published by [[Marvelous Entertainment]] and distributed by [[VAP (company)|VAP]] on February 21, 2000. The album featured 22 tracks, including a remix of "Mexican Flyer".<ref name="SC5ost"/> Tracks from ''Space Channel 5'' were included in the compilation album ''Space Channel 5 20th Anniversary: Gyungyun Selection'' by UMA on December 18, 2019.<ref name="Album2019"/>